BIB_ID
411992
Accession number
MA 9548.2
Creator
Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905.
Display Date
1900 November 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.4 x 11.8 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Acquired with three other letters from Irving to Knight, two autograph (MA 9549.1-2) and two in unknown hands but signed by Irving (MA 9548.1-2). Each item has been described in an individual catalog record.
Acquired with three other letters from Irving to Knight, two autograph (MA 9549.1-2) and two in unknown hands but signed by Irving (MA 9548.1-2). Each item has been described in an individual catalog record.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Thanking Knight for an invitation; explaining that he is unable to accept because of the schedule of their Scottish engagements.
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